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Fake like Greg Saunier's baby with Satomi Matsuzaki

― TynanTynan, Friday, 30 March 2007 23:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Nortec Collective - Babel

Like a more fun Tijuanian version of Fizheuer Ziheuer

― the next grozart, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 08:32 (seventeen years ago) link

RIHANNA FT JAY-Z - UMBRELLA

[i]You had my heart, and we'll never be worlds apart
Maybe in magazines, but you'll still be my star
Baby 'cause in the dark, you can't see shiny cars
And that's when you need me there
With you I'll always share
Because

[CHORUS]
When the sun shines we’ll shine together
Told you I'd be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath, I'mma stick it out till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever, know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella, you can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, ella, ay, ay, ay

[VERSE 2]
These fancy things, will never come in between
You're part of my entity, here for infinity
When the war has took its part, when the world has dealt its cards
If the hand is hard, together we'll measure up
Because

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE]
You can run into my arms
It's OK, don't be alarmed
Come into me
(There's no distance in between our love)
So go and let the rain pour
I'll be all you need and more
Because...

[CHORUS]

It's raining
Oh baby it's raining...

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 10:03 (seventeen years ago) link

That Scott Torch diss track Timbaland did with Nelly F and Justin T.

― nathalie, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 10:40 (seventeen years ago) link

nathalie, I saw it on TV last night - not my style really but this track's exceptional. It sounds so I dunno, blurry and backgroundy but by the end I was loving it!

― the next grozart, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 11:44 (seventeen years ago) link

huh! good thread. never noticed this before.

last week --> Riton, "Hammer of Thor" - to me this sounds like a new "In White Rooms," very melancholy but still majorly trippy and driving. goes through so many phases .... love the sirens ...

this week --> Marnie Stern, "Put All Your Eggs in One Basket Then Watch That Basket!!!!" - my new theme song. whole album is good but this is the #1 jam.

― dmr, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm only just hearing Panda Bear's 'Perfect Pitch' and AC-related stuff is still pretty new to me. i often get put off by longer tracks these days which is stupid but it's just because poor attention span. i'll definitely be letting 'Bros' and 'Good Girls/Carrots' do their thing in the background over the next few months but i'll settle on 'Take Pills' for right now. Would like the next Broadcast album to sound much like this (tho more 'electronic').

― blueski, Thursday, 5 April 2007 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link

like a techno-rock White Stipes. the guitar sound is savage...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=y5qHemVYYRk

― Michael B, Thursday, 5 April 2007 16:16 (seventeen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Anthony Cruz - Empecé A Llorar

At first I thought this might be a late-career Frankie Ruiz song I had never heard before, but while there are some similarities in the vocal timbre, Cruz's singing has a suppleness Ruiz's lacked at the very end of his career. (It also crossed my mind this might be Choco Orta, a female singer from Puerto Rico with a somewhat deep voice, sort of the other side of Frankie Ruiz's feminine sounding male voice.) Anyway, I couldn't figure out who it was, but it seemed like a classic song (albeit, from after the classic era of salsa in the 70s).

It starts off in salsa romantica territory (although with hints of jazziness), not anything too out of the ordinary (though I do like his vocal timbre right away). The rhythm section is tight, fairly typical, but definitely on the harder-edged side of things. At times Cruz's delivery is very conversational sounding (and he sounds like he's thinking and responding to what he's saying). When he goes in to repeat the verses a second time, there's this little unexpected (illusionary?) jump in the rhythm, like he overlaps the beginning of the verse, or something. I can't figure it out, but it reinforces a sense of urgency. But the song teases a bit: it takes a while for the coro to kick in (generally an indicator that the song is about to step up a notch and the lead vocalist is going to start throwing down). The coro makes a nice solid wall of voice behind Cruz during his soneo (the traditionally improvised section, or on a mainstream studio recording, no doubt just an improvised-sounding section). Having kept the listener waiting for a build-up, the song doesn't hold back, and after a pause in build-up toward the end (some talking, some laughing that even sounds natural for a change, maybe because he knows he is recording what's going to be a killer song), Cruz comes back in for a third time to briefly soneo.

Fucking hell, he is really singing on a Frankie Ruiz level here! Probably will be salsa single of the year.

― Rockist Scientist, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Haircuts and T-shirts - Lifetime. Their new albm is great.

― Marty Innerlogic, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Feedle - Go Home Revolving

Yes he's a mate, but having not heard any stuff for years now, his new album is really neat shoegazey electronica with quite a few different levels. Definitely for fans of M83 and Minotaur Shock.

― the next grozart, Sunday, 29 April 2007 16:10 (seventeen years ago) link

It's been a good week,

Chemical Brothers - Do It Again

Dizzee Rascal - Sirens

KRS One (feat Marley Marl) - Hip Hop Lives

Talib Kweli - Listen

QOTSA - 3'7s and 7's

QOTSA - Sick, Sick, Sick

Travis - 3 Times and You Lose

I know I've made a mockery of the "one song" thing, but what can I say, it's gonna be a good year for music.

― Erock Zombie, Sunday, 29 April 2007 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link

This week, it has been Maria McKee's re-recording of "A Good Heart", from the Late December album.

Next week is shaping up to be "Fluorescent Adolescent" - Arctic Monkeys.

― mike t-diva, Sunday, 29 April 2007 23:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Eccentricity- Nico Awtsvenin

I am totally obsessed with Vince Watson right now. He has such a good grip on the Detroit sound that I like so much while simultaneously deepening the sound, making it more lush.

― the table is the table, Monday, 30 April 2007 03:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Chainsaw Paws "This Light" from the cd-r of that name. Beautiful little ditty with some nice harmony action.

― Drooone, Monday, 30 April 2007 03:54 (seventeen years ago) link

virgin black "and i am suffering"

― kamerad, Monday, 30 April 2007 05:48 (seventeen years ago) link

I heard this several years ago, but I just rediscovered it: "5 on a Joyride" - Cody ChesnuTT

― Tape Store, Monday, 30 April 2007 05:49 (seventeen years ago) link

It is monday now so I'll have to make this last week: "Lets Just See" by Engineers. Love it to the point of obsessiveness. Sexy shoegazery awesome.

― Trayce, Monday, 30 April 2007 06:23 (seventeen years ago) link

For last week: Travis - Closer.

― Mordechai Shinefield, Monday, 30 April 2007 07:54 (seventeen years ago) link

lee oskar - haunted house..

,.bassline

― 600, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:24 (seventeen years ago) link

USDA - White Girl

christina aguilera is now slang for two class a drugs!

― lex pretend, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:46 (seventeen years ago) link

I am totally obsessed with Vince Watson right now. He has such a good grip on the Detroit sound that I like so much while simultaneously deepening the sound, making it more lush.

OTM. must hear this.

― blueski, Monday, 30 April 2007 10:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Today it's "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" by the Specials and also the Nouvelle Vague version.

― the next grozart, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Think I'll have to go with that Bird And The Bee track ('Around And Around' - californian indie-pop with a catchy ethereal (if monotonous - and i usually dislike songs where the chorus is just the title) chorus and not particularly contrived whew) this week altho the Justice single is good too in it's little Go Team way.

I went on a massive youtube hunt using chartsingles website's list of forthcoming releases for the next few weeks in the UK - didn't find much good tho (and certainly no GREAT)...

― blueski, Thursday, 3 May 2007 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link

uh it's called 'Again And Again' - lousy brane.

― blueski, Thursday, 3 May 2007 14:45 (seventeen years ago) link

"Jet Boy Jet Girl" Elton Motello. John Waters has managed to snuggle his way into my top 5, no 6.

― valoss, Thursday, 3 May 2007 14:53 (seventeen years ago) link

tonto's expanding head band's timewhy from 1971. it has this vibrant warm spring feeling which goes well with the sunny weather outside. sounds a little like background music but isn't at all. thank you robert moog.

― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 3 May 2007 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link

timewhys of course.

― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 3 May 2007 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link

seeing as i failed to post any tracks within the last month i would've picked Shaggy's new single 'Church Heathen' (seems to be going for more direct Jamaican pop appeal with this one - quite stripped down vocally (for him), amusing video esp. the priest's haircut), the new Dizzee and the Mims/Toto mash-up in previous weeks.

― blueski, Thursday, 3 May 2007 15:16 (seventeen years ago) link

at least for last week it was beirut boogie by sebbo, yeah, those horns. . .

― mehlt, Thursday, 3 May 2007 15:36 (seventeen years ago) link

i need a copy of that "do you love me?" song by the kuwaiti band that someone posted on here a few weeks ago.

― the next grozart, Thursday, 3 May 2007 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Patrick Wolf - "(Let's Go) Get Lost"

I was so-so on this guy until I hit this track, OMFG in L-U-V.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 22:46 (seventeen years ago) link

This week I are been mostly in love with "I'll Fall with your Knife" by Peter Murphy, how did I never hear this song before? I fail at goth.

― Trayce, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 00:11 (seventeen years ago) link

"1234" - Feist

― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 00:11 (seventeen years ago) link

It's not new but I really love Espers' cover of "Afraid" (by Nico).

― 31g, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:11 (seventeen years ago) link

it's got to be that song that takes grandmaster flash and the furious five's the message acapella and vocodes it over an awesome italo track

― lfam, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 01:13 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...

I have two or three right now:

Of Montreal - Gronlandic Epic
Some kind of Beach Boys disco loveliness. Great harmonies on this.

Wau Y Los Arrrghs! - Momia Twist
Absolutely mind-blowing monster-garage from Valencia in Spain. Check out 'Demoler' too. This will destroy you!

Belle Epoque - Miss Broadway
It's a tough-as-nails piece of French disco that's recently been remixed into some bangin house versions.

― the next grozart, Sunday, 17 June 2007 23:23 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh yeah - Dr. Wu by Steely Dan is awesome too!

― the next grozart, Sunday, 17 June 2007 23:52 (sixteen years ago) link

Mona Mur: "Man on the Satellite" (ca 1990) -- totally OTT/WTF orchestral German cabaretgoth godbotherage. Streamed on http://www.myspace.com/monamur.

― anatol_merklich, Monday, 18 June 2007 14:29 (sixteen years ago) link

Mona Mur - is this brilliant or is it madness? It took my brain a little while to work out what was going on. Reminds me of O Superman by Laurie Anderson.

― the next grozart, Monday, 18 June 2007 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link

1990? Oh jesus I thought this was new. It makes a bit more sense, contextually now.

― the next grozart, Monday, 18 June 2007 14:46 (sixteen years ago) link

since my last post:
060510: Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
060517: Sopho - Visionary Dream
060524: MIA - Boyz
060531: Justice - New Jack
060607: Kelly Rowland (ft. Eve) - Like This
060614: Christian Falk (ft. Robyn) - Remember

just not managing to listen to (or get excited by) enough new stuff really so a lot of these picks are just 'my favourite new thing i heard over that 7 day period' but could be a lot worse!

― blueski, Monday, 18 June 2007 14:56 (sixteen years ago) link

is this brilliant or is it madness?

Haha yes to me it was all a bit "hang on surely she can't get away with this?" but I think somehow she does.

Apparently she got a Single of the Week in the NME in 1982 or something, and recently has made video game soundtracks.

― anatol_merklich, Monday, 18 June 2007 15:09 (sixteen years ago) link

“Back in Your Head,” by Tegan and Sara

― Jazzbo, Monday, 18 June 2007 15:34 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7F40MVG0Wc

Do You Love Me? - Bendaly Family, Kuwait 1978

-- Milton Parker, Saturday, 17 March 2007 22:05 (3 months ago) Link

Massive Kudos to anyone who can find me a decent quality MP3 of this song.

― the next grozart, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 13:30 (sixteen years ago) link

Just seeing off Amerie's "Take Control" and Rod Thomas "Your Love Is A Tease", my Track Of The Week is Cocorosie's "You Wanna Fuck Me", which is the re-working of Akon's "I Wanna Love You" which knocked me out when they played Nottingham a few days ago.

"You see me trying to smile up on this pole, but I'm just hiding the pain that’s deep in my soul. You wanna fuck me, I already know. You wanna fuck me, and toss me back on the floor."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m36P8XUkDYY

― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 23:24 (sixteen years ago) link

Massive Kudos to anyone who can find me a decent quality MP3 of this song.

they're most often romanicized as 'Bandaly Family' -- once I figured that out, Google started coming through: http://www.morrisclub.ch/music/lbartist/bandaly.html

the studio version is taken at a much slower tempo, & without the shift into partridge family overdrive. for iPod listening I just use my rip of the youtube version, I even like the lo-fi sound

there's a few more Bandaly/Bendaly clips on youtube now

― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 00:00 (sixteen years ago) link

My track of the week would have to be Giorgio Moroder's "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone", near the end of From Here to Eternity. I love his dance tracks that are just a little too slow to dance to.

― Z S, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 01:38 (sixteen years ago) link

Trace Adkins "I Came Here To Live"

― mulla atari, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 03:52 (sixteen years ago) link

This week, I've been loving "Sons of the Burgess Shale" by Bell Hollow. Awesome 80s gloomy new wave rock, a la Comsat Angels/Bunnymen/Chams.

― Trayce, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 04:45 (sixteen years ago) link

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